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(Replaces erroneous paragraph 3, making clear that Iran’s nuclear facilities were bombarded last year, not this year) By Francois Murphy and John Irish VIENNA/PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. and its allies Britain, France and Germany are pushing other countries on the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board to pass a resolution next week reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, diplomats said on […]

CAIRO (AP) — Clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 21 people, including women and children, a doctors’ group said Friday. Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks violence throughout the war in Sudan, said that the rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, or SPLM-N, launched an attack on Thursday in the areas of Debi and Luweri in the town of Kauda in South Kordofan. Rebel leader Abdel Aziz al-Hilu has […]

BELOIT, Kan. (AP) — Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what’s normal. After a late October rain last year, the fourth-generation farmer was optimistic about his 1,800 acres (728 hectares) of winter wheat. But a dry winter and spring brought extreme drought when the wheat needed moisture to establish itself. He […]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A deadlocked jury returns Friday for the seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, a day after the jury’s foreperson told the judge a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. The extraordinary disclosure made Thursday in the form of a note delivered to the judge offered the clearest glimpse yet of what may be keeping jurors from reaching a verdict […]

Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that’s refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday rejected the use of the word “war” to describe the U.S. fighting with Iran as he steered clear of predicting that […]

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that unless the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, he would stop trading with countries with which the United States had a deficit. “High interest rates put the U.S.A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won’t allow that to happen!” said Trump, who has repeatedly demanded that the Fed cut rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported stronger-than-expected […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added a surprising 162,000 jobs in August, a solid rebound from July’s decline and a result that beat many economists’ expectations. The stronger-than-expected August report today, providing fresh evidence that the economy is gaining ground under President Donald Trump’s leadership. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate held at a low 4.1 percent, underscoring what supporters of President Trump call a durable jobs recovery marked […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez is one of baseball’s biggest stars: the frontrunner for AL MVP with a strong chance of becoming baseball’s first Triple Crown winner since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Comfortable as the Cuban-born slugger looks driving in runs for the Houston Astros, his real happy place isn’t the batter’s box. It’s the driver’s seat of his family’s RV. “People don’t recognize me, that’s the good thing,” he […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto on Friday directed Tata Chemicals to leave the country, saying the Indian company failed to generate any economic impact in one of Kenya’s most important export sectors. Tata Chemicals produces soda ash from Lake Magadi that is used in the manufacture of glass, soaps and detergents. Kenya’s exports of soda ash came to 254,779 tons, valued at $56.9 million, in the year […]